Key Affective Skills that Support CPS
Frameworks of Creativity.
The Four P's of Creativity (Rhodes)
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FOUR P'S MODEL OF CREATIVITY
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Process:
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Creatology
Ceatology is an interdisciplinary science about the creative functions in their any possible respects and parts. This generalized domain and the term Creatology, as the name of the new domain, was first outlined, coined, proposed and introduced by a Hungarian scholar Dr. Istvan Magyari-Beck in his presentation "About the Necessity of Complex Creatology" in 1977. A number of disciplines can contribute to the studies in Creatology for example: science of culture, sociology, history (general, of art, sciences, technology and so on), theory of organization, innovatics, economics, psychology, brain science, philosophy, ethnology, anthropology, politology, education. The mindshift is that instead of focusing on people as initiators of creative action, the focus is on culture and civilization as the actual movers of creative solutions. Top line of the matrix contains aspects of creativity. “every creative act can be described from the viewpoints of investment (ability, process) and output (product and feedback, which compare the goals of creative work with its results). The sixteen levels of the matrix identify sixteen important subtopics: creative culture, creative organization, creative group and creative personality. Information retrieved June 20, 2019 from http://creatology.hu/index.php/creatology/definition-and-the-origin-of-creatology.
Theoretical Foundations (Gowan)
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Gowan identified five theoretical foundations for creativity. These five theoretical categories house the numerous models and beliefs of creativity supporting to development of the creative person, process, product, and press.
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Cognitive, Rational, Semantic has a group emphasis on:
Personality and Environmental has a group emphasis on:
Third Force Psychology has a group emphasis on:
Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic has a group emphasis on:
Psychedelic has a group emphasis on:
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The three following frameworks make up the dispositions and skills associated with creativity.
Torrance's Creativity Skill Set
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The Problem: recognition or awareness of a situation; definition of the problem and commitment to deal with it; recognizing the essence of the difficulty and identifying sub problems that are manageable or can be solved.
Produce and Consider Many Alternatives: fluency; amount; generating many and varied ideas. Be Flexible: creating variety in content; producing different categories; changing one’s mental set to do something differently; perceiving a problem from different perspectives. Be Original: moving away from the obvious; breaking away from habit bound thinking; statistically infrequent responses; the ability to create novel, different or unusual perspectives. Highlight the Essence: identifying what is most important and absolutely essential; discarding erroneous or relevant information; refining are dealers, abandoning unpromising information; allowing a single problem or idea to become dominant and synthesizing all of this at the same time. Elaborate-But Not Excessively: adding details or ideas--developing them; filling in details for possible implementation. Keep Open: resisting premature closure; resisting the tension to complete things in the easiest, quickest way. Be Aware of Emotions: recognizing verbal and nonverbal cues; responding, trusting and using feelings to better understand people and situations. Put Your Ideas in Context: putting parts of experience into a bigger framework; putting experiences together in a meaningful way; making connection between things; giving situations and ideas a history, and background, a story.. |
Combine and Synthesize: making new connections with the elements within our perceptual set; combining relatively unrelated elements; hitchhiking; making the familiar strange and the strange familiar.
Visualize It-Richly and Colorfully: using vivid, exciting imagery; creating colorful and exciting images that appeal to all five senses. Enjoy and Use Fantasy: imagine, play and consider things that are not concrete or do not yet exist Make It Swing! Make It Ring: using kinesthetic and auditory senses; responding to sound and movement. Look at It Another Way: being able to see things from a different visual perspective; being able to see things from a different psychological perspective or mindset. Visualize the Inside: paying attention to the internal dynamic workings of things; picturing or describing the inside of things. Breakthrough–Expand the Boundaries: thinking outside prescribed requirements; changing the paradigm or system within which a problem resides. Let Humor Flow and Use It: perceiving incongruity; responding to a surprise; recognizing and responding to perceptual and conceptual discrepancies. Get Glimpses of the Future: predict, imagine and explore things that do not yet exist; wonder and dream about possibilities; view events as open-ended. Source: Torrance & Safter (1999). |
Torrance, E. P. (1979). An instructional model for enhancing incubation. Journal of Creative Behavior, 13(1), pp. 23–35.
Torrance, E. P. & Safter, T. (1999). Making the Creative Leap Beyond. Buffalo, NY: CEF Press.
Torrance, E. P. & Safter, T. (1999). Making the Creative Leap Beyond. Buffalo, NY: CEF Press.
Williams Thinking & Feeling Concepts
Creative Problem Solving–Thinking Skills Model
Cognitive Thinking Skills Associated With CPS |
Key Affective Skills That Support CPS |
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Diagnostic--Making a careful examination of a situation, describing the nature of a problem, and making decisions about appropriate process steps to be taken
Visionary--Articulating a vivid image of what you desire to create Strategic--Identifying the critical issues that must be addressed and pathways needed to move towards the desired future Ideational--Producing original mental images and thoughts that respond to important challenges Evaluative--Assessing the reasonableness and quality of ideas in order to develop workable solutions Contextual--Understanding the interrelated conditions and circumstances that will support or hinder success Tactical--Devising a plan that includes specific and measurable steps for attaining a desired end and methods for monitoring its effectiveness |
Curiosity (Assessing Situation)--A desire to learn or know; Inquisitive
Dreaming (Exploring the Vision)--To imagine as possible your desires and hopes Sensing Gaps (Formulating Challenges)--To become consciously aware of discrepancies between what currently exists and what is desired or required Playfulness (Exploring Ideas)--Freely toying with ideas Formulating a Plan--Resisting the urge to push for a decision Sensitivity to Environment (Exploring Acceptance)--Awareness of your physical and psychological surroundings Tolerance for Risk (Formulating a Plan)--Not being shaken or unnerved by the possibility of failure or setbacks Openness to Novelty--Ability to entertain ideas that at first seem outlandish and risky Tolerance for Ambiguity--Deal with uncertainty and to avoid leaping to conclusions Tolerance for Complexity--Ability to stay open and persevere without being overwhelmed by large amounts of information, interrelated and complex issues, and competing perspectives |
Puccio, G., Murdock, M. & Mance, M. (2005). Current developments in creative problem solving for organizations: A focus on thinking skills and styles. The Korean Journal of Thinking & Problem Solving, 15(2), 43–76.
